Life under Taliban
It would appear that the Taliban are broadcasting on a radio frequency most Pakistanis are not tuned into. And yet their message is loud and clear: our version of the…
Some are more equal…
An apartment building in Islamabad had put up a printed sign near the main lift saying that ‘domestic staff’ employed in the apartments should use the service or back lifts…
A delicate exercise
The establishment – or shut down – of missions abroad reflect a country’s political, diplomatic and financial outlook.The pruning of posts in these missions is usually undertaken to cut costs…
Schools and skills
Although education is supposed to lead to progress and prosperity, Pakistan’s socioeconomic realities demand that we broaden our definition of education beyond its general concept of primary, secondary school, college…
Menace of extortion
AMONG the heinous crimes which have spread across urban Pakistan over the past five or six years is the collection of bhatta or ‘protection’ money and extortion. Primarily a Karachi…
Immunity and immaturity
The current argument between India and the US about diplomatic immunity is intriguing and it will be interesting to see how it ends. There might possibly have been improper prosecution…
Flight of the spoons
Lonelier than the man without love is the man who has once known power and then, by cruel circumstance, is deprived of it. In his days of glory what crowds…
`Common man` rising
SOON after the scale of the Aam Aadmi Party`s (AAP) success in the Delhi state elections became apparent, Shah Mahmood Qureshi keenly likened the Indian anti-corruption party to his own.…
Policing woes
The tussle between the Sindh government and top security officials over transfers and posting of police officials in Karachi is now an open secret. The provincial government wants to appoint…
Prime Minister’s advisory councils
There is no doubt that in yester years the economy was directionless thanks to repeated change in economic policy decisions. Not only the foreigners diverted their attention to other business…
